They are few and far between but MAN the payoffs feel so righteous! …
Cherry-Filled NIE on Terrorism (Update)
Wow, the (still classified) NIE on terrorism reportedly points out that the war in Iraq has sown a new crop of Jihadists and ratcheted up the terrorist threat since 9/11/01. The intelligence estimate, …
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They Said, They Said
The DOD IG report on Able Danger was released yesterday. I have not had time to read fully, but a once-over suggests to me that either everyone with a whislte in their mouths committed perjury in …
DCIA Hayden Plots a Course (Update)
The CIA's new director, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, told agency employees yesterday that their intelligence activities are too segmented, saying that operations officers who collect intelligence need to …
It’s Getting Kinda Technic(al)
A reminder that there is more to intelligence and security than policy-wonk stuff . . . The older I get the less proficient in technology I get, but there was a time when I was …
Breakfast, not at Tiffany’s (Update)
There was plenty of Splenda thank goodness, which went well with the Japanese-style breakfast.* CSPAN was there, but it isn't on the site yet as far as I can tell. Additional press …
How Not to Promote Sharing
The Homeland Security Information Network came under fire today from the Homeland Security Department’s Office of the Inspector General, which said management and trust problems have undermined the …
Cyber Security: Captain Wanted (Update)
One can have varying degrees of concern over “cyber” terrorism or how badly we might suffer were someone to go EBO on us, but I think we can all agree that while planning may continue, a rudderless …
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The Lab No One Ever Heard Of
Ha! Aha! Ahahahahahahaha! DIA's approach [to organizational change was] based on three principles. First, the agency discovered that any mechanism to facilitate change must be positioned …
Monday Quick Hits
Quick turn around back to DC so enjoy these tidbits while I try to carve out some time for something more substantial: The War on Terror just got a lot harder, thanks to our “ally” Another data …